‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ hits $1 billion worldwide

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(CNN Money) — Just three weeks after its release, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has already raked in more than $1 billion around the world.

Disney, which owns the “Star Wars” production company Lucasfilm, said Sunday that global box office numbers for “The Last Jedi” stood at an estimated $1.04 billion.

Disney says that makes “The Last Jedi” the third-biggest film of 2017 worldwide.

According to figures from Box Office Mojo, which tracks the industry, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” earned $1.26 billion around the world and Universal Pictures’ “Fate of the Furious” brought in $1.24 billion.